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1000 years ago appeared the first Russian codified set of laws "Russian truth", whose authorship is attributed to Yaroslav the Wise, hardly foresaw the future of their offspring. Having existed for several centuries in the legal field, "True", changed by Law would not have gone down in history and remained in the consciousness and have the concept of a violated ethical and moral ideal, depriving the courts of the people's trust, creating a group of "truth seekers" and providing a vivid revolutionaries terminology for years to come.

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Independent judge …

The famous Russian lawyer Anatoly Koni (1844-1927) defending the principle of judicial independence has stated that it is for this reason he wouldn’t get married. "Imagine – he said ironically,- a big apartment. The suite of rooms. Well, the wife... toilets... trips... a few children rooms. Tutors, nurseries, governess... what if you do not please the boss and you are kicked out of a warm place?...". So he has lived all his life unmarried.

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More courtesy …

One in the night, returning back from protracted meetings A. Koni was arrested by a policeman and was escorted to the police station, where trying to figure out about the reasons he was why he was threatened with a night in the cold hallway... Protocol was only for the morning. "Last name?..Koni? Russian? Our lie but we will find over. Ocupation? - The Prosecutor of the Supreme court". Speechless... However, Koni calmed cops that were happy to meet with cases in the subordinate institution. "But I would like more courtesy" - he added mockingly.

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Attorney Vladimir Lenin

In 1892-1893 Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) was working in Samara as assistant of attorney A. Hardin. All his clients were only poor people. As he become famous rich trader Krasikov wanted Ulyanov to defend him against claims of the farmers which he actually ripped off. Ulyanov refused. Krasikov came to his apartment to ask him personally, but Ulyanov repeated his refuse. This behavior was widely discussed as “impractical”, but Ulyanov criticized those his colleges who “have beliefs only the tip of the tongue”.

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Lenin protects concurrence

Coming back to Samara from Syzran Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) noticed the arbitrariness of trader Arefiev who, having the steamer and barge, didn’t let the boaters to make transportation across the Volga. Ulyanov applied the court but Arefiev skillfully played for time. However Ulyanov, because he promised to boaters, steadfastly and at his own expense went to the court session over 100 miles up to that time as the court condemned Arefiev and his skipper. About this case wrote newspapers and on the pier in Syzran all conversations were about it: rightly so to tyrant.

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Copyright …

Russian writer Vladimir Bogomolov when he wrote the novel “In august of 44th” faced with the difficulties of negotiating the text of the military censorship, which required to change and clean up some events and even phrases. Having come to the next meeting, the writer took the Civil code, and read the article on the inviolability of the rights to author's work. The official was sincerely surprised and said: "But this is the Civil code, and we're military ones"... In 1974 the novel was published and received wide acclaim.

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Upside down …

In 2004 one of the biggest Russian bank sued on an article in the newspaper "Kommersant" - and won. The newspaper was ordered to pay a record $ 11.4 million$ and post the rebuttal, which was printed... upside down, and the remaining 5 of the 8 lanes of the newspaper was blank. The head of the publishing house "Kommersant" said that the law does not prohibit to publish refutation upside down: "we can say that a refutation is fine, but the whole paper upside down," he commented.